Knitted cap and method of making the same



E. N. IOHA.

KNITTED CAP AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME. APPLICATION FILED APR. a, 1921.

1,394,093. Patented Ot. 18, 1921.

F166. FIG. I.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED vSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

i ELMER N. JOHA, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO RELIABLE KNITTING WORKS, OF 'MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

KNITTED CAP AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

Application led April 8,

To all whom t may concern'.

Be it known that 1,. ELMER N. J oHA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Knitted Caps and Methods of Making the Same, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to knitted caps and to the method of making the same.

Objects of this invention are to provide a convertible knitted cap which may be worn in either of two positions; which has la mini-v mum of seams; which may be readly made; and which will havea pleasing and artistic appearance. y,

Further objects of this invention are to provide a method for making a knitted cap which method comprises a minimum number of steps; which may be expeditiously and cheaply followed and which will produce a very serviceable and ornamental cap.

-In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of the cap with.

the band portion turned up.

Fig. 2 is a corresponding view with the band portion turned down so as to cover the back of the neck and the ears of the wearer. Fig. 3 is a front view of the cap as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view of the band in extended position and detached from the body por- -tion of the cap.

' The cap comprises a knitted bodyvportion 1 which may be of tubular formation, and which may if desired have a seam 2 along its' upper central line. This body portion is knitted independently of the band portion of the cap, and is subsequently joined thereto along its folded lower margin. The band comprises two rectangular end portions 3 and 4:, and a rectangular central portion 5, offset from the end lportions and joined thereto by integral diagonal portions 6 and 7. The rectangular portions may be knitted straight in any ordinary manner, and the diagonal portions formed by manipulating the rack lever in a well known manner. first in one direction, followed by the straight knitting in the central portion 5 to the .portion 7, when the rack knitting is again employed. This method of producing the band results in a band having the inherently rec- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

1921. serial No. 459,690.

pieces and the offset central is then formed completely around the lower margin of the folded band and the lower margin of the body portion 1 to join such parts. This produces a cap having a flap which may be folded either upwardly orl downwardlv and in which a definite fold line is produce in such a manner that the band inherently folds along this line. due to its being stitched while in the folded condition. To further secure the front or peaked portion of the band a pair of buttons 11 are secured thereto, the stitches passing through the band and through the body portion of the cap. These buttons not only serve as the securing means for this portion of the cap but also serve to ornament and enhance the appearance of the cap.

It will thus beseen that a chea and eX- peditious method has been provide whereby caps may be readily made with a minimum number of operations. It is of course understood that the body portion 1 may be knitted either upon a tubular or fiat knitting machine and suitably formed either during the course of the knitting or thereafter.

I claim:

1. A knitted cap comprising a body p01'- tion, a head encircling band secured to the lower edge of the body portion and having portions rack knitted in opposite directions and folded upon themselves adjacent thev front of said capto. form a peaked portion.

2. A knitted cap comprising a body portion, a band secured along its lower edge to the lower edge of said body portion and adapted to be folded either upwardly about' said body portion or downwardly over the 4ears and neck of the wearer, said band comprising a substantially straight main portion, an intermediate portion rack knitted Vdiagonally in two directions, said rack knittion having a substantially straight lower edge, a knitted band having a substantially straight major portion and rack'knitted intermediate portions joined to produce a peaked formation, said major band portion and body portion having their lower edgesl secured to'each other and having a portion of the rack knitted parts of said'band secured intermediate its edges to the lowe front edge of said body portion.

4. r[he method of,making a 'cap which method comprises forming a body portion, knitting a band, rack knitting diagonally portions of said band, joining said rack knitted portions to each other, folding said rack knitted portions inwardly of said band so as to present a substantially straight lower edge, and securing said lower edge to the lower edge of said body portion.

5. The method of making a cap whichl method'comprises forming a body portion having a substantially straight edge, forming' a continuous band having a straight major portion and an outwardly projecting portion, folding said outwardly projecting portion along a line forming a continuation of the lower edge of said major portion and securing said folded' edge and the lower edge of said major portion to the lowerI edge of said body portion. f

6. In a knitted cap the combination with a body portion, of a band secured to the lower margin of the body portion for a portion of its length along one margin, and foranother portion of its length along the opposite margin, said band being folded upon itself and overlapping between said portions of its length.

7 A knitted cap comprising a body porftion, a head enc1rcling band having one margin secured to the lower ed 4e of the body portion throughout part of its length, the remaining portion of the band being folded upon itself to an inverted position.

' 8. A knitted cap comprising a body portion, a band having one margin secured to the lower edge of the body portion throughout part of its length, the remaining portion of the band being folded upon itself `to an inverted position and secured to the body of the cap in a permanently raised position.

ELMER N. JOHA. 

